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Offline lazyassforge

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Larry's Anvil
« on: May 29, 2012, 11:04:54 AM »
About a year ago, I was visiting a sick friend and he asked me to help him price and sell some of his blacksmith equipment. I bought (and paid for)this anvil from him(don't ask what I paid for it, it was not a cheap anvil) and didn't pick the anvil up that day. Larry died about 4 days later and I didn't get back to pick up the anvil until this past month. His wife asked if we could help price and sell a lot of his other blacksmith stuff so I spent a Saturday pricing and selling a lot of the equipment(doing my best to be fair to everyone involved). If I would let myself think about the stuff belonging to Larry, it was very hard to do! I just had to concentrate on the value of the stuff. Anyway, Larry's anvil came to live at my shop for a while! It's a pretty nice Hay-Budden stamped 164 pounds. I have not looked up the date of manufacture yet but I think it is a later Hay-Budden.

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Re: Larry's Anvil
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2012, 05:48:31 PM »
Very Nice anvil
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Re: Larry's Anvil
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2012, 05:54:02 PM »
A very nice piece of history, and a great story along side it.
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Re: Larry's Anvil
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2012, 11:41:38 PM »
I like stories like this.  Doing what is right,  lets a guy sleep at night. 
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Re: Larry's Anvil
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2012, 08:11:41 AM »
Anglesmith, Thanks for the information on the date for the anvil!

I really miss Larry, he was the person I would go to when i needed information and support to get through some of the issues I was facing. I just hope I can help someone else half as much as he helped me the last few years! Larry's dying left a big hole in a lot of people's lives!

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Re: Larry's Anvil
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2012, 10:10:29 AM »
Good story, and a nice anvil as well. I'm sure it will have a good home.

What is that geared machine in the background?
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Re: Larry's Anvil
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2012, 12:06:20 PM »


What is that geared machine in the background?
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That is a tire bender for rolling the steel tire or "tyre" on a wooden wagon wheel. I think there is a thread on this site with pictures of this tire bender, unless it was lost in the meltdown.

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Re: Larry's Anvil
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2012, 11:45:24 PM »
Nice anvil...
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